The ITF has announced the draws for the 2017 Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals, to be held in Budapest, Hungary on 19-24 September. Sixteen boys and 16 girls teams will take part in the competition.

Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, now in its 33rd year, is the ITF’s official team competition for players aged 16-and-under. A total of 180 teams from 102 nations participated took part in regional qualifying in 2017, with 15 boys and 15 girls teams joining hosts Hungary in the Finals.

Russia and Poland won the 2016 Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup titles respectively. Russia’s boys return to Budapest to defend their title, but Poland’s girls fell in regional qualifying this year.

Since the launch of the event in 1985, many of the world’s leading names have taken part in the competition, including current stars Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, and Agnieszka Radwanska.

The Finals see boys and girls teams divided into four groups of four, competing on a round-robin basis, with the top two teams in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals.